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No.  94. 

ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS. 


No.   1 


Our  Country  a  Christian  Country. — There  are  no 
indications  so  well  calculated  to  inspire  us  with  con- 
fidence in  the  successful  termination  of  the  present  war 
and  the  future  prosperity  and  glory  of  our  country,  as 
those  which  justify  the  assertion  that  our  country  is  a 
christian  country,  honoring  God,  as  He  has  revealed 
himself  in  the  Bible;  recognizing  His  overruling  provi- 
dence in  all  events;  in  adversity  and  trial,  bowing  in 
humble  acknowledgment  of  sin,  and  deprecating  His 
deserved  wrath;  in  the  hour  of  success  and  triumph, 
ascribing  all  to  His  infinite  goodness,  and  exalting  Him 
with  the  voice  of  thanksgiving  and  praise.  This,  more 
than  material  resources,  more  than  population,  educa- 
tion, wealth,  organization,  and  unanimity,  constitutes 
the  ground  of  that  assurance,  which  we  feel,  that  these 
Confederate  States  are  not  to  be  subjugated  by  any 
possible  array  of  force  on  the  part  of  our  enemies  ;  that 
their  vain  efforts  shall  be  overruled  in  many  ways  for 
our  good;  and  that,  issuing  from  this  war  without  seri- 
ous damage,  we  shall  enter  upon  a  career  of  national 
prosperity,  power,  and  influence  beyond  the  highest 
conceptions  in  which  we  might  hitherto  have  indulged. 
It  is,  indeed,  with  unspeakable  gladness  that  we 
have  observed  these  indications,  to  which  we  have 
referred;  and   it   is   our   purpose   to  bring  them  promi- 


4  ANECDOTES   FOR  OUR   SOLDIERS. 

nently  before  the  public,  that,  if  there  be  any  timid 
minds  among  us,  hoping  yet  fearing  as  they  yi<  Id  to 
the  current  of  inevitable  events,  they  may  be  enabled  to 
sec  the  claims  of  their  country  to  their  unbounded  con- 
fidence, not  less  than  to  their  sincere  allegiance. 

It  is  true,  and  the  fact  should  occasion  profound  grief 
and  humiliation,  that  our  population  includes  many  im- 
penitent and  even  immoral  persons  and  families;  that 
there  are  sections  of  the  land  where  the  means  of  grace 
are  very  imperfectly  enjoyed  ;  that  we  have  not  an  ade- 
quate supply  of  Bibles  and  Sanctuaries;  that  prayer  is 
neglected  by  many,  the  Sabbath  desecrated,  and  the 
name  of  God  profaned.  These  things  should  lead  to 
greater  efforts  for  the  thorough  evangelization  of  our 
land;  but  they  are  not  so  general,  thank  God,  as  to  con- 
stitute our  national  character.  As  a  people,  with  local 
and  individual  exceptions,  while  we  fall  far  short  of  our 
privileges  and  duty,  we  are  not  an  ungoldly  nation:  and 
never  before  has  this  been  more  clearly  manifested  than 
during  recent  events. 

Our  only  embarrassment  is  to  know  where  to  begin, 
in  pointing  out  the  evidences  of  this  delightful  truth. 
Every  department  of  our  public  service  seems  to  be  per- 
vaded by  the  faith  and  the  fear  of  God.  We  see  it  in  the 
army,  in  the  Cabinet,  in  Congress,  in  the  press,  as  well 
as  in  social  and  private  life.  God  seems  to  have  sancti- 
fied our  national  trials  to  us  as  a  people;  and  under  the 
sense  of  our  great  need,  every  heart  has  been  turned  to 
Him  in  humble,  sincere  prayer  and  adoration.  Rarely 
have  our  churches  been  so  crowded  with  worshippers 
as  on  all  the  occasions — first,  of  humiliation,  and  second, 
of  thanksgiving — appointed  by  our  recognized  authori- 
ties. It  has  been  more  than  a  mere  passing  sentiment — 
it  has  been  the  deep  religious  sense  of  the  people  which 


ANECDOTES  FOR   OUR  SOLDIERS.  3 

has  thus  promptly,  and  in  the  spirit  of  these  scriptural 
•  acts,  responded  to  the  ordinance  of  our  rulers.  We  can- 
not doubt  that  our  national  confessions  and  our  national 
thanksgivings  were  accepted  of  God,  offered  as  they  were 
through  the  merits  of  the  Redeemer. 

It  was  no  accident  that,  as  the  result  of  our  first  elec- 
tions, Christian  men  were  raised  to  the  positions  of  trust 
and  power  in  the  Confederacy.  The  distinguished  men, 
who  framed  our  admirable  Constitution,  forgot  not  to 
impress  upon  that  fundamental  law  of  our  country,  so 
as  never  to  be  obliterated,  the  features  of  a  christian 
revelation,  in  their  recognition  of  the  God  of  the  Bible 
as  the  King  of  kings  and  Sovereign  of  worlds.  The 
President,  with  nearly  every  member  of  his  cabinet, 
and  a  large  majority  of  our  congressmen,  are,  it  is  be- 
lieved, consistent  professors  of  religion  in  some  one  of 
our  denominations.  They  are  men  of  prayer;  and  it  is 
in  no  spirit  of  formality  that  they  call  the  nation  to 
acknowledge  Jehovah  of  Hosts,  whenever  He  manfl^sts 
Himself  either  in   judgment  or  in  mercy. 

Enter  that  noble  hall,  in  the  City  of  Richmond,  where 
our  Confederate  Congress  sits  in  deliberation  for  the 
interests  of  the  land.  It  is  the  day  after  the  victory  at 
Manassas.  The  House  is  not  yet  called  to  order,  but  a 
most  impressive  spectacle  is  before  you.  "  There  is 
none  of  the  boisterousness  or  levity  which  usually  pre- 
ceded the  fall  of  the  chairman's  gavel;  members  meet 
each  other  in  the  congratulations  of  a  deep  and  solemn 
joy."  The  summons  to  order  is  given,  and  the  "scene 
becomes  truly  affecting,  as,  with  bowed  heads  and 
hushed  reverence"  the  members  unite  in  the  solemn 
address  to  God,  with  which  the  business  of  the  day 
opens.  The  chaplain  prays  that  "the  country  might 
recognize  in  its   victory  the  interposition  of  the  God  of 


4  ANECDOTES   FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS. 

Hosts;  that  it  might  be  truly  thankful  for  the  merciful 
outstretching  of  His  omnipotent  arm;  that  it  might  be 
preserved  from  the  sins  of  self-reliance  and  self-exulta- 
tion; that  God  would  continue  His  favor  to  us  until 
peace  was  assured;  that  the  consolations  of  His  grace 
might  be  administered  to  families  bereaved  by  the  bat- 
tle; and  that  He  might  protect  the  children  and  brothers 
and  husbands  and  fathers,  who  were  fighting  for  our 
independence,  by  the  shield  of  His  everlasting  and  un- 
wearied mercy."  And  now,  a  member  rises  to  call  for 
the  reading  of  the  President's  despatch  from  the  field  of 
battle,  announcing  the  great  victory.  After  the  reading 
with  a  very  (aw  appropriate  remarks,  the  same  member 
moves  the  passage  of  the  following  resolutions: 

Resolved,  That  we  recognize  the  hand  of  the  Most 
High  God,  the  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords,  in  the 
glorious  victory  with  which  He  has  crowned  our  arms 
at  Manassas;  and  that  the  people  of  these  Confederate 
States  are  invited,  by  appropriate  services  on  the  ensu- 
ing Sabbath,  to  offer  up  their  united  thanksgiving  and 
praise  for  their  mighty  deliverance. 

Resolved,  That  deeply  deploring  the  necessity  which 
has  washed  the  soil  of  our  country  with  the  blood  of  so 
many  of  her  noblest  sons,  we  offer  to  their  respective 
families  and  friends  our  wannest  and  most  cordial  sym- 
pathy, assuring  them  that  the  sacrifice  made  will  be 
consecrated  in  the  hearts  of  our  people,  and  will  there 
enshrine  the  name  of  the  gallant  dead  as  the  champions 
of  free  and  constitutional  government. 

Resolved,  That  we  approve  of  the  prompt  and  pa- 
triotic efforts  of  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Richmond  to 
make  provision  for  the  wounded,  and  that  a  committee 
of  one  member  from  each  slate  be  appointed  to  co-oper- 
ate in  the  plan. 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  5 

These  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted,  and 
without  other  business  the  House  adjourned  for  the  day. 
Such  were  the  proceedings  of  our  Congress  on  the  day 
after  a  great  and  memorable  battle  and  victory  ?  The 
scene  was  worthy  of  the  occasion,  and  such  as  could 
only  have  occurred  in  a  christian  body,  representing  a 
christian  people. 

Take  another  scene  in  the  same  city,  the  day  before 
the  battle;  you  may  learn  the  spirit  which  animates 
our  troops.  A  detachment  of  Hampton's  Legion  march 
into  the  shade,  in  a  convenient  position  to  wait  the  hour 
for  the  cars  to  leave.  Just  before  they  resume  their 
march,  their  Lieutenant- Colonel  draws  them  up  in 
double  line,  and  says  :  il  Soldiers,  it  is  proper  at  all 
times  to  acknowledge  our  dependence  on  God,  but 
more  especially  at  this  time;  and  for  this  purpose  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Barnwell  has  been  requested  to  lead  us  in 
prayer."  It  would  have  affected  you  to  see  those  men 
uncover  and  bow  their  heads  reverentially,  while  the 
petition  was  presented  in  their  behalf.  That  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel (Johnston)  fell  in  the  subsequent  battle, 
with  many  of  the  brave  men  with  whom  he  that  day 
bowed  in  prayer.  He  was  a  christian  soldier;  and  there 
are  thousands  such  as  he  in  the  ranks  of  our  noble  de- 
enders.  Well  might  the  journalist,  who  furnished 
these  facts,  ask,  u  can  a  brave  people,  engaged  in  a 
righteous  cause,  and  so  fervently  acknowledging  God 
as  their  defender,  ever  be  conquered?" 

It  is  probable  that  the  vast  majority  of  our  soldiers 
are  supplied  with  Bibles  and  Testaments,  and.  in  most 
cases,  this  is  the  only  book  they  have;  and  they  read  it, 
perhaps  with  more  simple  earnestness  than  they  ever 
did  before.  The  copy  of  young  M  ,  son  of  an  ex-Sena- 
tor of  the  United  Slates,  will  be  dearer  than  ever,  since 


Q  ANECDOTES   EOIl  OUR  SOLDIERS. 

the  late  battle.  His  life  was  saved  by  it  in  precisely 
the  manner  in  which  a  Testament  saved  the  life  of  the 
celebrated  Colonel  Gardiner,  of  the  British  army.  May 
it,  in  his  case,  also,  lead  to  the  same  result — the  hearty 
consecration  of  himself  to  the  service  of  that  God  whose 
providence  so  signally  preserved  him  ! 

One  of  the  most  impressive  indications  of  the  chris- 
tian character  of  our  people  may  be  found  in  the 
unwonted  eagerness  of  the  secular  press,  not  only  to 
present  events  in  a  religious  aspect,  but  to  introduce 
religious  topics,  and  to  urge  attention  to  religious  duties. 
From  our  exchanges  of  a  few  days  past,  we  have  col- 
lected a  large  number  of  such  instances.  Some  of  the 
best  appeals  for  Sabbath  schools,  for  missions,  for  a  re- 
ligious literature,  and  for  union  in  prayer,  have  appeared 
in  their  columns.  We  give  the  following  from  a  Vir- 
ginia paper,  not  only  as  an  illustration,  but  that  we  may 
earnestly  second  the  proposition  it  contains.  Let  us 
thus,  by  a  real  concert  of  prayer,  in  which  every 
citizen  of  the  Confederacy  may  join,  without  incon- 
venience, and  doubtless  with  the  acceptance  of  God, 
exhibit  in  a  manner  the  most  beautiful  and  sublime,  the 
truly  christian  character  of  our  country  !  The  follow- 
ing is  the  proposition  referred  to  : 

"Prayer  proposed. —  A  distinguished  professor  in 
one  of  our  universities  proposes,  through  a  Georgia 
paper,  that  at  precisely  one  o'clock,  every  day,  until 
these  calamities  be  overpast,  a  few  minutes  be  set  apart 
for  prayer  by  each  individual  in  the  Confederate  Slates, 
or  in  states  which  sympathize  with  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy. There  may  be  no  meeting  for  prayer  at  any 
particular  place,  but  let  each  one  for  himself,  wherever 
he  may  be  at  one  o'clock,  spend  a  little  while  in  suppli- 
cation to  the  Almighty.     Let  the  merchant  retire  for  a 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  7 

moment  from  his  counting-room,  or  if  this  be  not  possi- 
ble, let  him  lift  up  his  heart  to  God  in  pious  ejaculation ; 
let  the  farmer  stop  his  plough  in  the  furrow;  let  the 
mechanic  stay  his  hand  from  labor;  let  the  physician 
pause  a  moment  on  his  mission  of  mercy;  let  the  law- 
yer lay  aside  his  brief;  let  the  student  rest  from  his 
toil;  let  the  mother  lay  her  babe  in  the  cradle  ;  let  the 
busy  housewife  suspend  her  domestic  cares  ;  let  every 
man,  whatever  his  calling  or  pursuits,  suspend  them  ; 
let  all  business  halt,  and  the  whole  land  be  still.  In 
that  moment  of  quiet,  in  very  mid-day,  when  stillness 
is  so  unusual,  when  it  will  be  then  all  the  more  im- 
pressive, let  every  praying  soul  remember  his  country 
and  its  defenders  before  God.  It  would  be  best,  if  pos- 
sible, to  retire  for  the  moment  to  some  private  place, 
and  on  bended  knees  give  oral  utterance  to  the  desires 
of  the  heart.  But  if  this  cannot  be  done,  the  silent 
prayer  may  be  sent  up  to  God  as  we  walk  the  street, 
or  pursue  our  journey,  or  even  in  the  midst  of  the  whirl 
and  din  of  business  life.  Thus  shall  every  heart  be  en- 
gaged, and  every  soul  come  to  the  rescue  ;  thus  shall  all 
the  devout  of  the  land   be  brought  near  each  other,  for 

"Though  sundered  far,  by  faith  they  meet, 
Around  one  common  mercy  seat." 


Kershaw's  Regiment  at  Manassas. — That  evening 
(Thursday)  our  regiment  was  ordered  to  the  left,  and 
they  were  industriously  employed  in  throwing  up  breast- 
works. Here  we  remained  until  twelve  o'clock  on  Sun- 
day, when  we  were  ordered  to  take  up  the  line  of  march 
and  join  the  fight  now  raging  about  one  mile  or  more  to 
our  left. 

The   enthusiasm   of  ihe    men    was  glorious.      Off  we 


8  ANECDOTES   FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS. 

went  at  the  double  quick,  when  just  before  reaching 
the  battle  field  we  met  hundreds  of  our  men  retreating, 
who,  as  we  came  up  to  them,  with  uplifted  arms,  be- 
sought us  for  "  God's  sake  not  to  go  on,  that  we  were 
marching  to  an  inevitable  doom,  and  that  the  day  was 
lost."  These  supplications  seemed  to  have  but  little 
effect  upon  our  men,  who  had  but  so  recently  been 
nerved  to  the  conflict  in  their  solemn  appeal  to  heaven. 
For  myself  I  only  Ml  that  if  the  day  had  ind<  ed  been 
lost,  we,  at  least,  would  make  one  stout  effort  to  re- 
deem  it. 


Power  of  Prayer. — One  word  as  to  the  power  of 
prayer.  If  you  have  ihe  welfare  of  our  beloved  Con- 
federacy at  stake — if  you  believe  that  "  prayer  moves 
the  Irknd  that  moves  the  universe" — now  is  the  import- 
ant season  for  earnest,  importunate  prayer.  In  your 
closets — in  your  public  assemblages — in  the  houses  de- 
voted to  the  public  worship  of  God,  pray  for  the  success 
of  our  arms.  Pray  that  God  will  shield  our  soldiers  in 
the  h  >ur  of  battle. 

"The  prayer  of  the  righteous  availeth  much."  Our 
dearest  interests  are  at  stake.  Life,  liberty — the  free- 
dom to  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of  our  own 
conscience — are  pending  upon  this  momentous  struggle, 
and  it  behooves  every  christian  to  "  put  on  the  whole 
armor  of  God,  and  fight  valiantly  as  becomes  good  sol- 
diers of  the  L  -rd  Jesus  Christ." 

An  affecting  incident  is  related  of  one  of  the  Georgia 
companies  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Manassas.  Moth- 
ers, wives,  and  sisters,  who  had  sons,  husbands,  and 
brothers  engaged  in  that  deadly  strife,  met  every  day 
for   the    purpose    of  supplicating   God's   blessing   upon 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  V 

those  dear  ones  who  were  far  removed  from  the  objects 
of  their  love,  and  the  event  proved  that  although  the 
regiment  with  which  they  were  connected  'was  terribly 
cut  up,  not  one  of  th's  company  suffered.  What  an  en- 
couragement to  prayer!  And  with  these  facts  before 
us — with  an  inward  consciousness  that  God  heareth  the 
prayer  of  those  who  call  upon  him  in  sincerity  and 
truth — we  earnestly  beseech  you  to  devote  yourself  to 
tli is  important  work 


• 
Blessed  to  be  a  Blessing — A  correspondent  of  the 
Biblical  Recorder  relates  the  following  incident  :  "Yes- 
terday when  I  was  distributing  tracts  in  a  military  hos- 
pital, a  sick  soldier  selecting  one  tract  of  each  sort  from 
the  bundle  I  laid  by  his  side,  handed  me  twenty-five 
cents,  saying:  'Here,  take  that  if  you  please  for  the 
tract  cause.  A  tract  was  the  instrument  under  God  in 
the  conversion  of  my  soul,  and  ever  since  I  have  been  a 
regular  contributor  to  the  Tract  Society.  It  is  a  great 
work,  and  I  hope  you  will  do  much  good  among  us 
here.'  " 


Praver  a  Power  in  Battle. — We  are  highly  grati- 
fied to  make  record  of  the  fact,  that  the  commander  of 
the  marine  iron  battery  Virginia  requested  prayer  to  be 
offered  in  the  churches  of  Richmond,  on  Sabbath,  for 
her  safety  and  success  in  the  brilliant  engagement  with 
the  blockading  fleet  of  the  enemy.  If  this  spirit  pre- 
vails with  all  our  military  officers  we  shall  be  invincible. 
No  force  of  man  shall  be  able  to  overcome  us,  if  we  go 
into  battle  with  the  prayer  of  Asa:  "Lord,  it  is  nothing 
with    thee    to  help,  whether    with   many  or   with    them 


10  ANECDOTES   FOR   OUR  SOLDIERS. 

that  have  no  power;  help  us,  O  Lord  our  God,  for  we 
rest  on  Thee,  and  in  Thy  name  we  go  against  this  mul- 
titude." 


Appropriate  Service. — Offered  on  board  of  the  Con- 
federate States  steam  frigate  Virginia,  in  grateful  ac- 
knowledgement to  Almighty  God  for  the  distinguished 
victory  gained  in  Hampton  roads  on  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day, the  eighth  and  ninth  days  of  March,  1802.  These 
services,^  praise  and  grateful  adoration  were  performed 
on  the  gun-deck  of  the  steamer,  at  the  request  of  the 
officers  and  crew — all  hands  being  there  assembled — at 
twelve  o'clock,  m.,  on  Monday,  March  10,  by  Rev. 
J.  D.  Wingfield,  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Portsmouth,  Va. 


the  address. 


'My  brave  and  distinguished  friends :  If  there  be  an 
emotion  in  the  soul  of  man  more  prominent  or  more 
esteemed  among  men  than  another,  it  is  that  of  deep 
and  earnest  gratitude  for  blessings  vouchsafed — it  is 
that  one  universal  thread  which  binds  all  hearts  in  one — 
uniting  that  one  to  the  heart  of  Him  who  sits  the  en- 
throned Potentate  of  the  Universe.  If  ever  there  was 
a  time  which  called  loudly  for  the  exhibition  of  this  holy 
emotion,  it  is  the  great  and  illustrious  present.  If  ever 
there  were  individuals,  or  a  people  who  should  anxiously 
desire  to  manifest  in  words  and  deeds  by  some  public 
and  appropriate  exercise,  you  are  the  men,  we,  the  citi- 
zens of  the  Confederate  States  of  'America,  are  the 
people.  The  present  is  undoubtedly  an  occasion  when; 
after  some  special  manner,  we  should  render  to  Him 
who  presides  over  the  destinies  of  nations,  and  who  is 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  11 

the  Sovereign  Ruler  of  events,  the  sacrifice  of  praise 
and  grateful  adoration.  For,  over  and  above  the  ordi- 
nary occurrences  of  this  most  wicked  and  unrighteous 
war,  which  call  forth  our  gratitude  to  the  great  God  of 
heaven  and  earth,  this  is  a  signal  mercy — an  extraordi- 
nary, if  not  miraculous,  deliverance.  And  as  we  set 
up  in  conspicuous  places  the  statues  of  heroes  and  of 
patriots,  who  have  well  deserved  the  praise  and  honor 
of  their  fellow  countrymen,  thus  upholding  their  memory 
to  future  generations,  and  inciting  others  to  imitation  of 
their  valorous  deeds — just  so  should  we,  as  it  were,  in 
the  loftiest  and  securest  apartments  of  the  soul,  erect 
mementos  of  the  gracious  dealings  of  a  kind  and  watch- 
ful Providence,  in  order  that  our  spirits,  surveying  the 
brilliant  record  of  past  distinguished  services,  may  be 
kept  always  attuned  to  gratitude  and  praise.  Then,  un- 
doubtedly, as  we  have  already  stated,  the  mercy  for 
which  we  are  at  this  time  assembled  to  express  our 
gratitude  with  the  voice  of  praise  and  thanksgiving, 
deserves  to  be  classed  amongst  the  special  and  extraordi- 
nary mercies  of  God. 

"When,  a  few  days  ago,  at  the  suggestion  of  our 
highly  esteemed  President,  we  observed  a  day  of  sol- 
emn fasting,  humiliation,  and  prayer  on  account  of  our 
recent  disasters,  men's  hearts  sank  within  them;  and 
there  was  dread  at  every  throb  of  the  electric  wire,  lest 
it  should  bring  to  us  fresh  tidings  of  disaster  and  de- 
feat. We  had  heard  of  the  surrender  of  our  little  army 
and  the  destruction  of  a  portion  of  our  inadequate  fleet 
at  Roanoke  ;  and  despatches  from  the  far  West  were 
sadly  discouragin'g.  Truly  were  our  hearts  downcast 
and  disquieted.  But  now!  Now!  How  suddenly  all 
is  changed  !  The  sunshine  of  a  favoring  Providence 
beams  upon  every  countenance  !     Our  arms  have  been 


12  ANECDOTES   FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS. 

marvellously  crowned  with  success  !  A  handful  of 
men,  as  it  were,  have  defeated  thousands  !  Heroes 
have  suddenly  arisen,  who  have  made  themselves  names 
high  up  on  the  monument  of  fame,  which  shall  never, 
never  die  !  Officers  and  crews  have  alike  shown  them- 
selves equal  to  the  most  fearful  emergencies  !  And  the 
happy  result  is,  that  the  fierce  weapons  of  our  insolent 
foes  are  broken  ;  the  enemy's  mighty  ships  are  spoiled  ; 
our  long  blockaded  port  is  once  again  thrown  open;  and 
our  hearts  are  filled  with  joy  and  gratitude  at  the  great 
and  glorious  victory  ! 

"And  now,  the  question  arises:  Whom  are  we  to  thank 
for  all  this?  Deubtless  I  may  take  upon  myself  the 
liberty  of  expressing,  on  the  part  of  the  people,  their 
acknowledgments  to  you,  individually  and  collectively, 
for  this  distinguished  and  valorous  deed.  Our  govern- 
ment cannot  be  too  lavish  in  tendering  their  thanks  and 
the  thanks  of  the  nation  to  the  wise  and  gallant  men, 
who,  by  their  undaunted  bravery  and  their  prudential 
counsels,-  and  by  their  unhesitating  devotion  to  their 
country's  sacred  cause,  have  rolled  back  the  tide  of  in- 
vasion from  our  immediate  shores.  But  Thine  Hand, 
O  Lord  God  Almighty  !  and  Thine  alone,  hath  really 
brought  about  this  happy  result.  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the 
Greatness!  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the  Power!  Thine,  O 
Lord,  is  the  Victory  !  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the  Majesty  ! 
And,  therefore,  are  we  now  assembled  to  bring  before 
the  Lord  our  God  the  tribute  of  our  thanksgiving  and 
praise. 

**  I  invite  you,  therefore,  my  brave  friends,  without 
any  further  remarks,  to  join  me  in  this  act  of  gratitude 
to  the  Almighty,  who  has  oiven  you  the  opportunity  to 
render  such  distinguished  service  to  your  country,  and 
to  the  cause  of  justice  and  true  liberty.     Lift  up  your 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  I  3 

hearts  in  sincerity  and  truth,  that  the  words  of  your 
mouth  may  be  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  your 
Saviour  and  Redeemer.  In  His  infinite  goodness  and 
mercy,  the  most  blessed  and  glorious  Lord  God  has  pre- 
served your  life  from  every  harm.  When  death-shots 
were  falling  around  upon  you  thick  and  fast  and  heavy, 
He  rescued  you  from  the  jaws  of  fearful  destruction. 
Let  us,  therefore,  humbly  present  ourselves  before  His 
Divine  Majesty,  to  offer  a  sacrifice  of  grateful  praise 
and  adoration,  remembering,  in  your  prayers,  your  own 
individual  preservation,  and  forgetting  not  the  suffering 
of  your  wounded  officers  and  companions  in  arms,  and 
the  sorrows  of  the  afflicted  relatives  of  those  who  have 
gallantly  fallen  upon  the  altar  of  their  country." 

Hereupon    followed    suitable    prayers  —  original    and 
from  the  Prayer-book— of  thanksgiving  for  the  victory; 
of  supplication    in    behalf  of  the  wounded,  and    the   af- 
flicted  relatives;  and  a  general   prayer  in   behalf  of  the 
Confederate  State?,  their  rulers,  and   their  valiant  men 
of  war:  all  falling  to  the  deck  of  the  ship  upon  their 
knees,  and  bowing  their  heads  in  reverence  and   godly 
fear.     During  this  solemn    and   impressive    scene,  and 
while  the  earnest  voice  of  the  young  divine  was  pouring 
forth  eloquent   words  of   gratitude  and  praise    into  the 
ear    of   the   Lord   God  of    Sabaoth,   the   weather-beaten 
faces  of  many  of  the  gallant  seamen  were  observed   to 
be  bathed  in  tears,  and  trembling  with  emotions.      Sure- 
ly, I  thought,  as  I  turned   away   from  such  an   affecting 
sight,  God  cannot  refuse  to  accept  such  an  act  of  thanks- 
giving ;   our  cause  cannot  but  prosper,   when  the  men 
who  are  engaged   in  it  recognize  the  hand  of  the   Al- 
mighty in  each  event,  and  trust  entirely  to  His  guid- 
ance, and  protection,  and  bit  ssing.  Spectator. 
Norfolk,  Va.,  March  13,  1862. 


14  ANECDOTES  FOB  OUR  SOLDIERS. 

A  Soldier's  Death. —  Of  all  the  trying  incidents 
connected  with  this  unnatural  war,  there  is  none  so 
touching  in  its  character  as  the  death  of  one  of  those 
brave  and  devoted  men  on  a  bed  of  disease,  who  have 
enrolled  themselves  as  the  defenders  of  our  country. 
The  carnage  of  the  battle  field,  if  set  in  the  shades 
of  a  death  by  violence  and  agony,  has  also  its  light 
of  a  glorious  family  escutcheon,  to  cheer  the  last  mo- 
ments of  the  dying  hero. 

The  Roman  bard  embodied  the  idea,  which  ever  ani- 
mates the  patriot  hero's  heart  in  all  ages  and  countries, 
when  he  said  : 

"  Dulce  et  decorum  est  pro  patria  mori" 

The  christian  soldier  is  yet  inspired  by  a  higher  sen- 
timent, when  he  feels  that  there  is  connected  with  his 
love  of  country  and  the  resolve  to  die  in  its  defence, 
rather  than  witness  its  pollution  and  subjugation,  obedi- 
ence to  the  God  he  serves  and  from  whom  he  expects 
his  future  salvation. 

But  death  by  slow  disease  in  a  soldiers'  hospital,  sur- 
rounded by  stranger  faces,  however  kindly  they  may 
beam  upon  the  sufferer,  and  however  gentle  a  hand  may 
soothe  his  anguish,  and  however  sympathizing  a  spirit 
may  receive  his  Last  agonizing  breath,  is  a  sad,  sad  fate. 
Such  deaths  daily  occur  in  the  various  hospitals  of  our 
land.  All  that  tenderness,  sympathy,  and  woman's  an- 
gelic ministrations  can  do  are  dispensed  freely  and  fully 
to  the  dying  patriot.  The  tears  of  our  matrons  are  free- 
ly shed  for  the  lonely  stranger's  fate,  who,  far  from 
home  and  its  endearments,  separated  by  distance  from 
the  mother  and  sister  whose  happiness  is  mingled  with 
his  fate,  or  from  the  wife  of  his  affections,  and  the  prat- 
tling children  who  were  wont  to  cling  around  his  knee 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  15 

and  welcome  him  to  a  home  of  love,  thus  passes  to  the 
Hereafter,  alike  unknowing  and  unknown  to  those  who 
surround  his  dying  couch. 

A  Kentucky  soldier  died  recently  in  one  of  the  Col- 
lege street  military  hospitals,  whose  last  moments  were 
so  illustrative  of  the  character  of  a  christian  hero  as  to 
have  excited  a  sensation  of  deep  sorrow  among  those 
who  witnessed  his  last  moments.  In  the  language  of 
the  attending  surgeon,  he  was  "every  inch  a  man." 
His  patience  and  fortitude  were  remarkably  exhibited 
through  every  stage  of  his  lingering  illness,  and  he  re- 
tained a  clear  intellect  to  the  last.  When  dying  and 
conversing  about  his  death,  he  said  that  he  was  prepar- 
ed for  the  change,  and  that  "  there  was  victory  beyond 
the  grave.1'  How  much  significance  is  attached  to  such 
a  sentiment  from  the  lips  of  a  dying  volunteer,  who  met 
his  fate  when  engaged  in  a  war  for  his  country's  inde- 
pendence !  How  touching,  how  manly,  how  soldier- 
like, and  how  replete  with  religious  fervor'  and  enthu- 
siasm !  There  no  despot  troubles  the  disenthralled 
spirit  ;  no  mercenary  and  merciless  invaders  scatter 
their  gory  trophies  around,  no  hearts  are  torn,  no  ties 
broken  by  the  ambition  of  rulers  and  the  cruelty  and 
avarice  of  oppressors.  The  wreath  of  victory  over  sin, 
sorrow,  and  suffering  is  his. 

The  oppressors  who  would  rob  us  of  our  homes  and 
our  honor,  and  who  have  waged  this  war,  may  thus  send 
thousands  of  victims  to  an  untimely  grave,  but  they 
have  no  power  over  the  freed  spirit,  which  now  claims 
an  unrestrained  allegiance  to  the  only  Power  to  whom 
homage  and  glory  and  dominion  are  due  from  all  the 
earth. 


16  ANECDOTES   TOR  OUR   SOLDIKKS. 

Washington's  Religion. — Messrs.  Editors :  1  have 
recently  had  the  pleasure  of  reading  a  sermon  preached 
in  Newark,  N.  J.,  by  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Mac  Whorter,  on 
the  occasion  of  the  death  of  General  Washington.  The 
lady  of  whom  I  obtained  it,  now  ninety-five  years  of  age, 
was  at  the  time  a  resident  of  Newark,  and  lnard  the 
sermon.  I  send  you  a  note  to  it,  which,  if  you  think 
best,  you    can    insert  : 

Very  truly,  . 

"General  Washington  was  a  uniform  professor  of 
religion.  He  steadily  discountenanced  vice;  abhorred 
the  principles  of  infidelity  and  the  praciices  of  im 
morality.  He  was  a  constant  and  devout  attendant 
upon  divine  worship.  In  the  army  he  kept  no  chap- 
lam  of  his  own,  but  attended,  divine  service  with 
his  brigades  in  rotation,  as  far  as  conveniency  would 
allow — probaUy  to  be  an  example  to  his  officers,  and 
emourage  his  soldiers  to  respect  religion.  He  steadily 
attended  the  worship  of  God  when  President.  He  was 
not  in  this  respect  like  too  many,  who  practically  de- 
clare themselves  superior  to  honoring  their  Maker  in 
the  offices  of  religion.  He  firmly  believed  in  the  exist- 
ence of  God  and  his  superintending  providence.  This 
appears  in  almost  all  his  speeches  and  proclamations. 
He  was  edurattd  in  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  always 
continued  a  member  thereof,  and  was  an  ornament  to 
the  same.  He  was  truly  of  a  catholic  spirit,  and  con- 
sidered the  distinctions  of  the  great  denominations  of 
christians  rather  as  shades  of  difference,  than  anything 
substantial  or  essential  to  salvation.  After  President 
Washington's  inauguration  into  his  high  office,  in  New 
York,  knowing  the  multiplicity  of  business  to  which  he 
must  attend,  and   that  he   must  not   be  interrupted   by 


ANECDOTES   FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS.  I? 

continual  visitants,  'he  assigned  every  Tuesday  and 
Friday,  between  the  hours  of  two  and  three,  for  receiv- 
ing visits,  and  that  visits  of  compliment  on  other  days, 
and  particularly  on  Sundays,  will  not  be  agreeable  to 
him.'  " 


A  Praying  Governor. — Rt  verend  N.  M.  Crawford, 
D.  D.,  writes  to  the  Christian  Index: 

"On  a  recent  visit  to  Milledgeville,  a  minister  was 
invited  to  stay  at  the  Executive  mansion.  After  supper, 
at  which  all  the  children,  down  to  the  least,  were  ad- 
mitted to  the  table,  because,  as  the  Governor  said, 
'there  was  no  company  present,'  all  wont  to  the  par- 
lor. Presently  a  stand  was  set  forth,  the  large  family 
B  ble  produced,  and  the  minister  was  requested  to  con- 
duct the  worship.  Immediately  opposite  the  preacher 
sat  the  head  of  the  family,  with  his  little  one  in  his  lap; 
the  mother  and  other  children  were  ranged  in  con- 
venient seats.  While  the  minister  was  reading,  he 
observed  one  of  the  little  boys  to  rise  noiselessly  from 
his  seat,  take  a  candle,  and  proceed  to  the  front  hall. 
Presently  he  returned  and  announced  that  a  visitor  was 
in  the  hall.  The  minister  paused.  The  Governor  says 
to  his  son  :  'Ask  him  in.'  The  visitor  is  introduced — 
a  young  gentleman  of  good  appearance  and  address,  but 
apparently  somewhat  embarrassed  by  observing  the  de- 
votions which  his  coming  interrupted.  Half  rising  from 
his  chair,  with  the  child  in  his  arms,  the  Governor  shook 
hands  with  his  guest  and  requested  him  to  be  seated, 
and  then  turning  to  the  minister,  asked  him  to  proceed. 
The  worship  being  over,  Governor  Brown  entered  into 
conversation  with  the  gentleman,  who  had  visited  him 
on  business  connected  with  the  military  exigencies  of 
04-2 


18  ANECDOTES    FOR   <M  R   SOLDIKRfci 

the  country.  The  whole  scene  impressed  the  minister 
strongly  and  favorably.  In  the  Executive  mansion  of 
Georgia  was  seen  the  simplicity  of  the  humble  citizen 
mingled  with  the  dignity  of  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  a 
great  state;  the  unostentatious  piety  of  the  christian 
with  the  urbanity  of  the  gentleman;  ihe  affectionate 
familiarity  of  the  family  with  the  respectful  observance 
of  social  courtesy;  the  ease  of  private  life  with  the  vast 
pressure  of  public  duties.  He  felt  then,  as  he  has  felt 
ever  since,  that  if  the  people  were  like  their  ruler, 
God's  favor  would  shield  us  from  the  power  of  the 
enemy." 


Prayer  at  Dress  Parade. — A  correspondent  of  the 
Fayetteville  Observer,  writing  from  Camp  Magnum, 
near  Raleigh,  says  : 

"All  the  troops  in  this  state  now  have  prayer  at  dress 
parades.  This  was  commenced  a  week  or  two  ago. 
There  has  been  doubt  whether  it  would  effect  any  good. 
I  think  it  will  have  a  beneficial  effect.  Man's  patriotism 
and  bravery  is  based  mostly  on  his  moral  nature,  and 
the  conscience  —  the  seat  of  the  moral  qualities,  should 
be  educated  and  developed.  Nothing  can  better  tend  to 
this  than  habitually  associating  together,  and  reverently 
exercising  the  moral  powers  of.  the  soul  in  the  holy 
attitude  of  prayer.  It  reminds  us  afresh,  too,  of  the  dan- 
gers around  us,  and  of  our  entire  dependence  on  the 
great  God  of  Rattles.  It  elevates  and  refines  the  man, 
and  counteracts  that  brutish,  selfish  disposition,  so  gene- 
rally evinced_Jn  some  portions  of  the  army.  An  infidel 
will  not  pray  anyhow,  and  every  moral  man  professing 
a  belief  in  Christianity  can  endorse  most  of  the  prayers 
used,  and  none  are  compelled  to  pray  though  present." 


ANECDOTES  FOR  Ot'R  SOLDIERS.  19 

Letter  from  General  Lee. — The  following  letter 
from  General  Robert'  E.  Lee,  of  the  Confederate  army, 
to  a  young  female  friend  in  the  North,  who  had  request- 
ed his  photograph  for  her  album,  appears  in  the  New 
York  Express: 

"Richmond,  May  5,  1861. 

"My  dear  little  H.:  I  am  very  grateful  for  your  kind 
letter  and  the  cordial  expressions  it  contained.  You  are 
not  only  welcome  to  that  severe  representation  of  me, 
but  anything  else  you  may  fancy.  1  pray  you  will  not 
exhibit  it,  however,  as  it  will  only  serve  to  bring  down 
denunciations  on  my  head.  You,  1  hope,  will  make 
allowances  for  my  position  and  failings,  and  think  as 
kindly  of  me  as  you  can.  I  shall  never  forget  you,  and 
require  no  work  of  art  to  keep  you  vividly  before  me.  It 
is  painful  to  think  how  many  friends  will  be  separated 
and  estranged  by  our  unhappy  disunion.  May  God  re- 
unite our  several  bonds  of  friendship,  and  turn  our  hearts 
to  peace!  I  can  say  in  sincerity  that  1  bear  animosity 
against  no  one.  Wherever  the  blame  may  be,  the  fact 
is  that  we  are  in  the  midst  of  a  fratricidal  war.  I  must 
side  either  with  or  against  my  section  of  country.  1 
cannot  raise  my  hand  against  my  birth-place,  my  home, 
my  children.  I  should  like,  above  all  things,  that  our 
difficulties  might  be  peaceably  arranged,  and  still  trust 
that  a  merciful  God,  whom  I  know  will  not  unnecessarily 
afflict  us,  may  yet  allay  the  fury  for  war.  Whatever 
may  be  the  result  of  the  contest,  I  foresee  that  the  coun- 
try will  have  to  pass  through  a  terrible  ordeal,  a  neces- 
sary expiation,  perhaps,  of  our  national  sins.  May  God 
direct  all  for  our  good,  and  shield  and  preserve  you  and 
yours!  R.  E.  Lee." 


20  Anecdotes  for  our  soldiers. 

The  Last  Parting. — u  On  Tuesday,"  says  Mr.  Mark- 
land,  "I  visited  the  hospitals  again,  and  on  Wednesday 
I  succeeded  in  getting  out  to  the  Fourth,  and  preached 
to  our  brave  men  in  that  regiment  just  as  the  sun  was 
setting.  A  number  of  these,  also,  have  since  then  been 
numbered  with  the  dead.  One  young  man,  of  Captain 
Andrew's  company,  Anthony  H  ill,  the  only  one  of  his 
mess  left  after  the  battle  of  the  Seven  Pines,  died  last 
week  of  wounds  received  in  the  last  terrible  battle. 
This  lovely  young  man  was  the  last  that  I  shook  hands 
with  on  leaving  the  regiment.  He  had  written  to  his 
mother  some  time  ago,  saying  that  he  would  give  five 
dollars  to.  hear  me  preach.  He  offered  to  give  me  the 
money,  but  I  replied:  '  No,  Anthony,  read  your  Bible 
and  pray  to  the  Lord  daily,  and  this  will  reward  us 
both.'  With  tears  in  his  eyes  he  promised  to  do  so, 
and  we  parted,  never  to  meet  on  earth  again.  I  trust 
the  Lord  has  taken  his  soul  to  heaven. " 


Chaplains  *'on  the  Battle  Field. — The  Religious 
Herald  learns  that  during  the  series  of  brilliant  victo- 
ries near  Richmond,  one  chaplain  was  captured  by  the 
enemy,  a  second  wounded,  and  a  third  slain.  These 
facts  indicale,  the  Herald  thinks,  that  chaplains  some- 
times run  more  risk  on  the  battle  field  than  their  posi- 
tion in  the  army  requires.  The  front,  where  men  con- 
tend for  victory,  is  not  the  place  for  the  chaplain,  but 
the  rear,  where  he  may  minister  to  the  wounded  and 
the  dying. 


The   Youthful   Hero. — A  father  who   had  come  on 
to  visit  a  wounded   and   very  young  son  in  the  hospital, 


ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS. 


21 


was  asked  if  he  thought  him  Dear  his  last?  Being  an- 
swered in  the  affirmative,  he  then,  with  hands  clasped 
and  uplifted  eyes,  engaged  for  a  short  season  in  fervent 
supplications.  Having  finished,  he  turned  to  his  father 
and  said:  "I  have  always  thought  that  if  I  died  in  a 
state  of  consciousness,  I  would  like  to  read  the  last 
chapter  in  the  Bible."  His  father  then  read  slowly 
and  distinctly  to  the  seventeenth  verse— "  The  Spirit 
and  the  Bride  say  come."  Here  he  waved  his  hand 
and  said,  "stop."  As  his  breath  became  shorter,  his 
countenance  and  whole  appearance  seemed  more  natu- 
ral. The  last  words  he  uttered  were:  "Lord  Jesus, 
receive  my  departing  spirit." 

Thus  died  the  brave  soldier  and  pious  patriot! 
Though  cut  down  in  the  morning  of  life,  he  has  not 
lived  in  vain.     "  For  he,  being  dead,  yet  speaketh." 


Christian  Heroism  of  Paul.— Human  nature  is  so 
constituted,  that  a  character  so  distinguished  for  brave- 
ry, possessing  that  heroic  spirit  which  shrinks  from  no 
danger;  facing,  if  need  be,  the  cannon's  mouth,  or 
pressing  into  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  seldom  fails  to 
win  the  admiration  of  the  world. 

The  names  of  those  renowned  for  mighty  deeds  shine 
with  peculiar  lustre  upon  the  pages  of  history,  and  their 
admirers  ever  deligln  to  encircle  with  laurel  the  brows 
^of  earth's  heroes. 

But  there  is  a  more  lofty  heroism  than  that  which  has 
contempt  for  mere  earthly  danger;  and  a  character  pos- 
sessing that  boldness  of  spirit,  a  true  model  of  the  cris- 
tian  hero,  "clad  in  the  whole  armor  of  God,"  we  find 
in  the  person  of  the  Apostle  to  the  Gentiles. 


22  ANKCDoTI.S   FOB   (ill!   SOLDI  BR8. 

From  the  moment  when,  with  the  ardor  of  a  new-born 
sou],  he  cries:  "Lord,  what  wilt  thou  have  me  to  do?" 
to  the  end  of  his  career,  we  iiud  him  ever  possessed  ot 
the  most  heroic  endurance  of  suffering  for  Christ's  sake. 
lie  was  brought  before  kings  and  rulers,  but  lie  never 
quailed  in  their  presence;  but  they,  on  the  contrary, 
were  often  made  to  tremble  at  his  words.  Ele  stood  un- 
daunted upon  the  classic  summit  of  Mar's  hill,  before 
the  venerable  Areopagus,  and  boldly  rebuked  them  for 
their  idolatry,  and  pointed  those  hoary  heathens  to  the 
unknown  God,  to  whom  ihey  had  ignorantly  erected  an 
alter.  Calm  and  self-possessed  in  whatever  circum- 
stances of  trial,  he  was  ever  ready  to  make  his  defence, 
never  shunning  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God, 
whether  men  would  hear,  or  whether  they  would  for- 
bear. 

Before  the  grandeur  of  such  a  character  the  mere 
martia!  heroism,  of  which  the  world  is  so  proud,  fades 
into  utter  nothingness.  There  was  no  shrinking  back, 
no  halting  in  the  career  of  this  intrepid  soldier  of  the 
cross,  for  he  endured  to  the  end.  And  when,  at  the  ap- 
proach of  the  last  mortal  enemy,  brave  and  undaunted, 
with  a  victor's  triumphant  exultation,  hear  him  exclaim: 
"  For  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered,  and  the  time  of  my 
departure  is  at  hand!  I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have 
finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith  ;  henceforth 
there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of  righteousness,  which 
the  Lord,  the  righteous  Judge,  shall  give  me  at  that  day; 
and  not  to  me  only,  but  unto  all  them  also  that  love  his( 
appearing." 


Beautiful  Incident. — Many  beautiful  incidents,  illus- 
trative of  the  fidelity  so  peculiar  to  the  African  who  has 


ANECDOTES   FOR   l> ITU    SOLD1LKS.  &3 

been  reared  under  the  tutilage  of  a  christian  master, 
have  been  related  since  the  beginning  of  the  present 
wicked  war,  but  we  remember  none  so  striking  as  the 
following : 

At  the  beginning  of  the  late  series  of  battles  in  the 
vicinity  of  Richmond,  a  young  officer  of  the  Thirty- 
fifth  Georgia  Regiment  took  a  conspicuous  part.  After 
the  first  day's  fighting,  he  returned  to  the  rear  of  his 
regiment,  where  he  met  his  faithful  body-servant,  Davy, 
who  seemed  overjoyed  that  his  master  had  escaped  un- 
hurt. Grasping  his  master  by  the  hand,  and  with  tears 
of  gratitude  in  his  eyes,  he  proposed  that  they  should 
retire  to  a  neighboring  wood  and  offer  up  their  prayers 
of  thankfulness  to  the  God  of  battles  for  his  preservation. 
Davy's  proposition  was  acceded  to,  and  both  retired  to 
perform  a  christian  duty  no  less  becoming  a  soldier  than 
a  private  citizen. 

Next  morning  the  young  officer  called  to  his  faithful 
boy,  and  said:  "Davy,  I  am  going  into  another  engage- 
ment, the  chances  of  battle  are  uncertain  :  I  may  fall; 
if  I  should,  I  have  one  request  to  make  of  you."  "  What 
is  it,  marse?  "It  is  that  you  recover  my  body  and 
send  it  to  my  mother,"  said  the  young  officer.  "  Hope 
de  good  Bern'  will  preserve  you,"  said  the  boy;  "but 
should  you  fall,  I  will  not  leave  the  field  without  you." 
Late  in  the  evening  Davy  was  told  that  his  master  had 
fallen,  and  that  liis  body  still  lay  on  the  field.  He  set 
out  immediately  in  search  of  the  body,  but  was  ordered 
back  by  a  soldier  in  the  garb  of  authority.  Davy  re- 
monstrated. The  officer  threatened  his  life  if  he  did  not 
leave  the  field  immediately.  Davy  replied  that  he  would 
rather  die  than  leave  the  field  without  his  master's  body 
in  accordance  with  his  last  request.  He  was  allowed  to 
pass    on.     After    turning    over    a    number    of   mangled 


21  ANECDOTES  FOR  OUR  SOLDIERS. 

corpses,  he  finally  identified  the  body  of  his  master  and 
carried  it  from  the  field.  The  body  reached  Columbus  a 
few  days  since  under  the  care  of  the  faithful  servant. 
It  was  the  mortal  remains  of  Adjutant  James  H.  Ware. 


Death  of  Adjutant  Ware. — The  following  is  the 
private  despatcli  to  Dr.  R.  A.  Ware,  alluded  to  in  the 
above  narrative  : 

"  Richmond,  June  27. 
"  Dr.  R.  A.  Wark  : 

''Your  son,  James,  was  killed  yesterday  evening  in 
gallantly  charging  the  enemy's  works;  his  body  will 
be  recovered  if  possible.  His  last  words  to  his  Colonel 
were:  'Tell  my  mother  I  have  fallen  in  the  discharge 
of  my  duty,  and  die  happy.' 

Roswell  Ellis. " 

This  young  gentleman,  to  whom  the  world  opened  up 
the  brightest  prospects  of  happiness  and  emolument, 
distinguished  himself  for  his  generous  and  fearless  bra- 
very at  the  battle  of  Chickahominy.  He  was  on  the 
field  where  the  gallant  General  Pettigrew  fell  severely, 
and  as  it  was  feared,  mortally  wounded.  All  had  left 
but  himself,  and  the  enemy  were  pressing  on  and  firing 
hard.  He  managed,  however,  in  the  face  of  almost 
certain  death,  to  carry  the  general  some  distance,  and 
then  left  him,  in  a  safe  position,  only  at  his  urgent 
desire. 

In  him  was  illustrated  the  happy  combination  of 
piety  and  patriotism — piety  invigorating  and  ennobling 
patriotism,  and  patriotism  adorning  piety  as  its  fairest 
flower  and  ripened  fruit. 

[To  be  continued.] 

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